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Directed by Alexey Krasovsky Starring Konstantin Khabensky Cinematography Denis Firstov Director Aleksey Krasovskiy | 6.9/10 IMDb Written by Alexey Krasovsky Music by Dmitry Selipanov Initial release 6 October 2016 (Russia) Screenplay Aleksey Krasovskiy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Eduard Eloyan
Dmitry Ruzhentsev
Georgiy Shabanov Producers Eduard Iloyan, Georgiy Shabanov, Dmitry Ruzhentsev Nominations Golden Eagle Award for Best Screenplay Cast Konstantin Khabensky, Kseniya Buravskaya, Polina Agureyeva, Valentina Gennadevna Loekasjtsjoek, Yevgeni Stychkin Similar The Icebreaker, The Duelist, The Student, The Good Boy, Groom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Collector (Russian: Коллектор, Kollektor) is a 2016 Russian drama film written and directed by Alexey Krasovsky. The film stars Konstantin Khabensky in the title role, with Ksenia Buravskaya, Polina Agureeva, Darya Moroz, Valentina Lukaschuk, Evgeny Stychkin, Kirill Pletnyov, Igor Zolotovitsky, Tatyana Lazareva, Alexander Tyutin, Marina Lisovets, Nikita Tyunin providing voices.
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The film premiered at Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi on June 2016. Collector received critical acclaim, particularly for Khabensky's performance. Khabensky won the Kinotavr Film Festival for Best Actor for his performance. The film also won the Kinotavr prize for best cinematography. On July 2016, at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival the film won the FEDEORA Jury Award.
Collector 2016 film trailer
Plot
Arthur is the best employee of a collecting firm. He's got a high income and a solid reputation among his colleagues.
He risks losing it all at once because of a scandalous video involving him that just hit the web. In one instant he becomes the main target of journalists and gossip columnists. His colleagues and friends turn away from him. He provokes intense hatred within society and is being threatened. The video, that was fabricated to set him up, becomes the truth. The truth he is trying to tell is perceived as a lie.
Arthur is trapped inside his office. Alone against the world. But his main enemy, the author of the video, turns out to be a widow who is convinced that it was Arthur who drove her husband to suicide. She is going to do everything in her power to drive him off the deep end.
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Release
Collector was shown out of competition at the 27th Sochi International Film Festival named Kinotavr, and premiered in the Spotlight program in the 2016 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
It was released on 6 October 2016 in the Russian Federation.
Production
Almost the entire film takes place within a room, where the main character is talking to phone. Shooting took place in real time for 8 days, and the filmmakers only took breaks to change the cameras' memory cards. The Collector is the only character other than those who talk to him on the phone; their parts were also recorded in real time.
Reception
The film earned the approval of the overwhelming majority of Russian film critics. About the Collector was written: "The film, where the viewer does not observe the events on the screen, instead events of the human soul - the most difficult and the most valuable thing in any field of art" (Rossiyskaya Gazeta ), "The creators of "Collector" managed to escape stereotypes and awaken a simple human interest to the hero, supported by cinematic suspense" (Kommersant), "Because of this Khabensky is the star of our cinema, he can hold the attention of the viewers for more than an hour purely with his charisma and voice" (Film.ru), "a brilliant solo performance with one of the best Russian actors of our time" (The Hollywood Reporter).